esse (1)
inf.of sum.
ashes ; skeer the esse, separate the dead ashes from the embers. Cumb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·- In being; actually existing; — distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. ...